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NKT cells are not critical for HSV-1 disease resolution
Authors:Cornish Ann L  Keating Rachael  Kyparissoudis Konstantinos  Smyth Mark J  Carbone Francis R  Godfrey Dale I
Institution:Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Abstract:NKT cells are a minor subset of T cells that have important roles in controlling immune responses in disease states including cancer, autoimmunity and pathogenic infections. In contrast to conventional T cells, NKT cells express an invariant TCR and respond to glycolipids presented by CD1d. In this study, we sought to investigate the role of NKT cells in regulating the response to infection with HSV-1, and the mechanism involved, in well-established mouse models. Previous studies of HSV-1 disease in mice have shown clear roles for CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. The role of NKT cells in the resolution of HSV-1 (KOS strain) infection was investigated through flank zosteriform or footpad infection in wild-type versus CD1d-deficient mice, by measurement of viral plaque-forming units at different sites after infection, lesion severity and HSV-1-specific T-cell responses. In contrast to a previous study using a more virulent strain of HSV-1 (SC16 strain), no differences were observed in disease magnitude or resolution, and furthermore, the T-cell response to HSV-1 (KOS strain) was unaltered in the absence of NKT cells. In conclusion, this study shows that NKT cells do not play a general role in controlling the resolution or severity of HSV-1 infection. Instead, the resolution or severity of the infection may depend on the HSV-1 strain under investigation.
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